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able personal Courage, gocd security and common sense, In ry wind be
fe the ideal sype of Latin American agent. It wili-be 2 real logs. to
the “Agency if ve lose Bight cr contact with adolfo, I fave cet few men
more dedicated and more loyal.

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5. ffanon GaTEal?t Lesana.| sMFAN-3, Recruited by 2: PAN.2 and sa
close each cther that we referred to thet as the eld “ust Twins,*

Ramon wie tn the snippicg business in ifavana ind erent, 3 ‘ad to
leave. He lost his hore, cars, furaishings, ete. Bly tiem ds now
Planning to send nin “ Nicaragua, and i rave recomeniead him to the
Nicaragua desk fir. Xenta Fe has all the quaiittes s:eribed to
Adolfo SAN FELAYS (see above) except that he bes rever teen an Seericas
Citizen. He speeks excelleat English. He 1 ceadizated, courageous and

£ west anxious to raintain contact with the Agency. It wiil be our loss
&f thie te not done, :

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6. Berpert 1) Serker. AMCLATTER}1. Wife: Clara. Sarker is a
2 . Gutau-Acerican. fx-Captain in the U.5.4.F, See PYG ani 261i for fall
vy. De date. I recruited barker in 3959, and he served feithfully until
we had to exfiltrate hir eometizne in 1960. He recruited «a nuzber of
weluable agents for the Staticn (including AMCLATTineS, weich see) and
bed an amsing encyclopedic mowledge of cuban Persons, evants and con-
‘tacts in all walks of itfe, Be was a boxing nanager and caae tin tely.
. abl Cuban personalities engaged in the sporting incustry, He hed a swppy-
Gog ivyslty te nia case officers and to the Agency. Zis bigrest weakness
. was his lack of discretion. He was such loys. american (actually if -
pot technically) that he would fight at the drop of o tat tf anyone enot
<<" gepersions on the United States or its leaders. In the atacephere of
. Castro's Cuba I might say chat thst vas Quite often. +e are ‘a ths
". process of heloing him recover his lost American citizenehis. When the
’. Stetics reopens { would certainly re-ormend that we esntinus to saintain
‘+, Contact with Barker. If nothing else he vould mace ¢ woncerfs) iegeman
* for the Chief of Station. His wife is an attractive Cucen vel whe te bi-
~ Uingual and as balligerentiy “amer(:cn® as he is. larze:, ty lavas aud
' \ +) By langunve, could sass either as an Aperican or a ‘ums - 4 gevuire -
‘7 @eeet 12 be could be taught to submerge hie americaaian, ;

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1 [¥enolo VECA Abril] I ret Manolo thrcugn Jorse 2Ui56 TEs0b
{now ® pFiconer in Cuba aaa result of the W7th of Acca? invastan).
Manolo is working for us now in Viemi, and I oregume we save 225 ote
‘date on him, Manclo's farily owned, along with Resurhts wel, the cur
steel plant in Havana which was national izes by the ceatre ragias (Cia.
“ Antillaoa de Acero, 3.4.). Fanolo ras 4 brother, bestgnay wie’ would
aleo be verth Cultivating, Through his tusinesa e:;! farsly covsections
Wanole knev 2 great Maly veopie of gnerational laverart. Cne of bis
fricads was David SALVADOR, although Manolo aia Oo. ware ZALVADOR' @
polatical thinking (extrene left and Qnti-d-erican}, $arele wo
objective a reporter as I have ever encountered atone Lat!

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